The Rites of Hajj (Kitab Al-Manasik Wa'l-Hajj) 2

The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) offered the noon prayer on the 8th of Dhul-Hijjah (Yawm at-Tarwiyah) and dawn prayer on the 9th of Dhul-Hijjah (Yawm al-Arafah) in Mina.

Book 10, Number 1909:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:

When al-Hajjaj killed Ibn Zubayr, he sent a message to Ibn Umar asking him: At which moment the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to proceed (to Arafat) this day? He replied: When it happens so, we shall proceed. When Ibn Umar intended to proceed, the people said: The sun did not decline. He (Ibn Umar) asked: Did it decline? They replied: It did not decline. When they said that the sun had declined, he proceeded.

Book 10, Number 1911:

Narrated Nubayt:

Nubayt had seen the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) in Arafat.

Book 10, Number 1912:

Narrated Khalid ibn Hudhah:

Al-Adda' ibn Khalid ibn Hudhah said: I saw the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) on 9 Dhul-Hijjah on a camel standing at the stirrups.

Book 10, Number 1914:

Narrated Ibn Mirba' al-Ansari:

Yazid ibn Shayban said: We were in a place of stationing at Arafat which Amr (ibn Abdullah) thought was very far away from where the imam was stationing, when Ibn Mirba' al-Ansari came to us and told (us): I am a messenger for you from the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him). He tells you: Station where you are performing your devotions for you are an heir to the heritage of Abraham.

Book 10, Number 1917:

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib:

The Prophet then took up Usamah behind him (on the camel), and drove the camel at a quick pace. The people were beating their camels right and left, but he did not pay attention to them; he was saying: O people, preserve a quiet demeanour. He proceeded (from Arafat) when the sun had set.

Book 10, Number 1924:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:

Abdullah ibn Malik said: I offered three rak'ahs of the sunset prayer and two rak'ahs of the night prayer along with Ibn Umar. Thereupon Malik ibn al-Harith said: What is this prayer? He said: I offered these prayers along with the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) in this place with a single iqamah.

Book 10, Number 1930:

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib:

When the morning came, the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) stood at the mountain Quzah and said: This is Quzah, and this is a place of stationing, and the whole of al-Muzdalifah is a place of stationing. I sacrificed the animals here, and the whole of Mina is a place of sacrifice. So sacrifice in your dwellings.

Book 10, Number 1933:

Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab:

The Arabs in the pre-Islamic period did not return from al-Muzdalifah till they saw sunlight at the mountain Thabir. The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) opposed them and returned before the sunrise.

Book 10, Number 1935:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:

The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) sent ahead some boys from Banu AbdulMuttalib on donkeys on the night of al-Muzdalifah. He began to pat our thighs (out of love) and said: O young! boys do not throw pebbles at the jamrah till the sun rises.

Book 10, Number 1936:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:

The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to send ahead the weak members of his family in darkness (to Mina), and command them not to throw pebbles at jamrahs until the sun rose.

Book 10, Number 1937:

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) sent Umm Salamah on the night before the day of sacrifice and she threw pebbles at the jamrah before dawn. She hastened (to Mecca) and performed the circumambulation. That day was the one the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) spent with her.

Book 10, Number 1938:

Narrated Asma:

Ata' said: A reporter reported to me about Asma' that she threw pebbles at the jamrah at night. I said: We threw pebbles (at the jamrah) at night. She said: We used to do so in the lifetime of the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him).

Book 10, Number 1939:

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:

The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) hastened from al-Muzdalifah with a quite demeanour and ordered them (the people) to throw small pebbles and he hastened in the valley (wadi) of Muhassir.

Book 10, Number 1940:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:

The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) halted on the day of sacrifice between the jamrahs (pillars at Mina) during hajj which he performed. He asked: Which is this day? They replied: This is the day of sacrifice. He said: This is the day of greater hajj.

Book 10, Number 1942:

Narrated AbuBakrah:

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) gave a sermon during his hajj and said: Time has completed a cycle and assumed the form of the day when Allah created the heavens and the earth. The year contains twelve months of which four are sacred, three of them consecutive, viz. Dhul-Qa'dah, Dhul-Hijjah and Muharram and also Rajab of Mudar which comes between Jumadah and Sha'ban.

Book 10, Number 1944:

Narrated AbdurRahman Ya'mar ad-Dayli:

I came to the Holy Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) when he was in Arafat. Some people or a group of people came from Najd. They commanded someone (to ask the Prophet about hajj).

So he called the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him), saying: How is the hajj done? He (the Prophet) ordered a man (to reply). He shouted loudly: The hajj, the hajj is on the day of Arafah. If anyone comes over there before the dawn prayer on the night of al-Muzdalifah, his hajj will be complete. The period of halting at Mina is three days. Then whoever hastens (his departure) by two days, it is no sin for him, and whoever delays it there is no sin for him.

The narrator said: He (the Prophet) then put a man behind him on the camel. He began to proclaim this loudly.

Book 10, Number 1945:

Narrated Urwah ibn Mudarris at-Ta'i:

I came to the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) at the place of halting, that is, al-Muzdalifah. I said: I have come from the mountains of Tayy. I fatigued my mount and fatigued myself. By Allah, I found no hill (on my way) but I halted there. Have I completed my hajj? The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: Anyone who offers this prayer along with us and comes over to Arafat before it by night or day will complete his hajj and he may wash away the dirt (of his body).

Book 10, Number 1946:

Narrated A man from the Companions of the Prophet:

AbdurRahman ibn Mu'adh said that he heard a man from the Companions of the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) say: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) addressed the people at Mina and he made them stay in their dwellings. He then said: The Muhajirun (Emigrants) should stay here, and he made a sign to the right side of the qiblah, and the Ansar (the Helpers) here, and he made a sign to the left side of the qiblah; the people should stay around them.

Book 10, Number 1947:

Narrated Two men from Banu Bakr:

Ibn AbuNajih reported from his father on the authority of two men from Banu Bakr who said: We saw the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) addressing (the people) in the middle of the tashriq days when we were staying near his mount. This is the address of the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) which he gave at Mina.

Book 10, Number 1948:

Narrated Sarra' daughter of Nabhan:

She was mistress of a temple in pre-Islamic days. She said: The prophet (peace_be_upon_him) addressed us on the second day of sacrifice (yawm ar-ru'us) and said: Which is this day? We said: Allah and His Apostle are better aware. He said: Is this not the middle of the tashriq days?

Book 10, Number 1949:

Narrated Harmas ibn Ziyad al-Bahili:

I saw the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) addressing the people on his she-camel al-Adba', on the day of sacrifice at Mina.

Book 10, Number 1951:

Narrated Rafi' ibn Amr al-Muzani:

I saw the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) addressing the people at Mina (on the day of sacrifice) when the sun rose high (i.e. in the forenoon) on a white mule, and Ali (Allah be pleased with him) was interpreting on his behalf; some people were standing and some sitting.

Book 10, Number 1952:

Narrated AbdurRahman ibn Mu'adh at-Taymi:

The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) addressed us when we were at Mina. Our ears were open and we were listening to what he was saying, while we were in our dwellings. He began to teach them the rites of hajj till he reached the injunction of throwing pebbles at the Jamrahs (pillars at Mina). He put his forefingers in his ears and said: (Throw small pebbles. He then commanded the Emigrants (Muhajirun) to station themselves. They stationed themselves before the mosque. He then commanded the Helpers (Ansar) to encamp. They encamped behind the mosque. Thereafter the people encamped.

Book 10, Number 1953:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:

Ibn Jurayj asked Ibn Umar: We sell the property of the people; so one of us goes to Mecca and passes the night there with the property (during the stay at Mina). He said: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to pass night and day at Mina.

Book 10, Number 1956:

Narrated Az-Zuhri:

Uthman prayed four rak'ahs at Mina because he resolved to stay there after hajj.

Book 10, Number 1957:

Narrated Ibrahim:

Uthman prayed four rak'ahs (at Mina) for he made it his home (for settlement).

Book 10, Number 1958:

Narrated Az-Zuhri:

When Uthman placed his property at at-Ta'if and intended to settle there, he prayed four rak'ahs. The rulers after him followed the same practice.

Book 10, Number 1959:

Narrated Az-Zuhri:

Uthman offered complete prayer at Mina for the sake of bedouins who attended (hajj) in large numbers that year. He led the people four rak'ahs in prayer in order to teach them that the prayer (i.e. noon or afternoon prayer) essentially contained four rak'ahs.

Book 10, Number 1960:

Narrated Harithah ibn Wahb al-Khuza'i,:

I prayed along with the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) at Mina and the people gathered there in large numbers. He led us two rak'ahs in prayer in the Farewell Pilgrimage.

Book 10, Number 1962:

Narrated Umm Jandab al-Azdiyyah:

I saw the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) near the Jamrat al-Aqabah (the third or last pillar) riding (on a camel) and I saw a pebble between his fingers. He threw the pebbles and the people also threw (stones at the Jamrah).

Book 10, Number 1963:

Narrated Umm Jandab al-Azdiyyah:

The aforesaid tradition (No 1963) has also been transmitted by Yazid ibn AbuZiyad with a different chain of narrators.

This version adds the words: He (the Prophet) did not stand near it (the jamrah).

Book 10, Number 1964:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:

Nafi' reported on the authority of Ibn Umar. He (ibn Umar) used to come (to Mina) and threw pebbles three days after the day of sacrifice walking when arriving and returning (both ways). He reported that the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) used to do so.

Book 10, Number 1970:

Narrated Asim ibn Adi:

The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) gave permission to the herdsmen of the camels not to pass night at Mina and asked them to throw pebbles on the day of sacrifice, and to throw pebbles at the jamrahs the next day and the following two days, and on the day of their return.

Book 10, Number 1971:

Narrated Asim ibn Adi:

The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) permitted the herdsmen of the camel to lapidate the the jamrahs one day and omit one day.

Book 10, Number 1972:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:

AbuMijlaz said: I asked Ibn Abbas about a thing concerning the throwing of stones at the jamrahs. He said: I do not know whether the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) threw six or seven pebbles.

Book 10, Number 1973:

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:

The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: When one of you throws pebbles at the last jamrah (Jamrat al-Aqabah), everything becomes lawful for him except women (sexual intercourse).

Book 10, Number 1979:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Shaving is not a duty laid on women; only clipping the hair is incumbent on them.

Book 10, Number 1980:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Shaving is not a duty laid on women; only clipping the hair is incumbent on them.

Book 10, Number 1982:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:

By Allah, the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) did not make Aisha perform umrah during Dhul-Hijjah but to discontinue the practice of the idolaters (in Arabia before Islam), for this clan of Quraysh and those who followed them used to say: When the fur of the camel abounds, and the wounds on the back of the camels are recovered and the month of Safar begins, umrah becomes lawful for one who performs umrah. They considered performing umrah unlawful till the months of Dhul-Hijjah and al-Muharram passed away.

Book 10, Number 1983:

Narrated Umm Ma'qil:

AbuBakr ibn AbdurRahman said: The messenger of Marwan whom he sent to Umm Ma'qil reported to me.

She said: AbuMa'qil accompanied the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) during hajj. When he came (to her) she said: You know that hajj is incumbent on me. They walked until they visited him (i.e. the Prophet) and she asked (him): Apostle of Allah, hajj is due from me, and AbuMa'qil has a camel.

AbuMa'qil said: She spoke the truth, I have dedicated it to the cause of Allah.

The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: Give it to her, that is in the cause of Allah. So he gave the camel to her.

She then said: Apostle of Allah, I am a woman who has become aged and ill. Is there any action which would be sufficient for me as my hajj?

He replied: umrah performed during Ramadan is sufficient as hajj.

Book 10, Number 1984:

Narrated Umm Ma'qil:

When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) performed the Farewell Pilgrimage, and we had a camel, AbuMa'qil dedicated it to the cause of Allah. Then we suffered from a disease, and AbuMa'qil died. The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) went out (for hajj). When he finished the hajj, I came to him.

He said (to me): Umm Ma'qil, what prevented you from coming out for hajj along with us?

She said: We resolved (to do so), but AbuMa'qil died. We had a camel on which we could perform hajj, but AbuMa'qil had bequeathed it to the cause of Allah.

He said: Why did you not go out (for hajj) upon it, for hajj is in the cause of Allah? If you miss this hajj along with us, perform umrah during Ramadan, for it is like hajj.

She used to say: hajj is hajj, and umrah is umrah. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said it to me: I do not know whether it was peculiar to me.

Book 10, Number 1985:

Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas:

The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) intended to perform hajj.

A woman said to her husband: Let me perform hajj along with the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him).

He said: I have nothing on which I can let you perform hajj. She said: You may perform hajj on your such-and-such camel. He said: That is dedicated to the cause of Allah, the Exalted. He then came to the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) and said: My wife has conveyed her greetings and the blessings of Allah to you. She has asked about performing hajj along with you. She said (to me): Let me perform hajj with the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him). I said (to her): I have nothing upon which I can let you perform hajj. She said: Let me perform hajj on your such-and-such camel. I said: That is dedicated to the cause of Allah, The Exalted.

He replied: If you let her perform hajj on it, that would be in the cause of Allah.

He said: She has also requested me to ask you: What is that action which is equivalent to performing hajj with you?

The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: Convey my greetings, the mercy of Allah and His blessings to her and tell her that umrah during Ramadan is equivalent to performing hajj along with me.

Book 10, Number 1986:

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:

The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) performed two umrahs: one umrah in Dhul-Qa'dah, and the other in Shawwal.

Book 10, Number 1988:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:

The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) performed four umrahs, viz. umrah al-Hudaybiyyah; the second is the one when they (the Companions) were agreed upon performing umrah next year; the third is umrah performed from al-Ji'ranah; the fourth is the one which he combined with his hajj.

Book 10, Number 1990:

Narrated AbdurRahman ibn AbuBakr:

Hafsah, daughter of AbdurRahman ibn AbuBakr, reported on the authority of her father: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said to AbdurRahman: AbdurRahman, put your sister Aisha on the back of the camel behind you and make her perform umrah from at-Tan'im. When you come down from the hillock (in at-Tan'im), she must wear (ihram for umrah), for this is an umrah accepted (by Allah).

Book 10, Number 1991:

Narrated Muharrish al-Ka'bi:

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) entered al-Ji'ranah. He came to the mosque (there) and prayed as long as Allah desired; he then wore ihram. Then he rode his camel and faced Batn Sarif till he reached the way which leads to Medina. He returned from Mecca (at night to al-Ji'ranah) as if he had passed the night at Mecca.

Book 10, Number 1992:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:

The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) stayed (at Mecca) for three days during umrah for atonement ('Umrat al-Qada')

Book 10, Number 1994:

Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu'minin:

The night which the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) passed with me was the one that followed the day of sacrifice. He came to me and Wahb ibn Zam'ah also visited me. A man belonging to the lineage of AbuUmayyah accompanied him. Both of them were wearing shirts.

The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said to Wahb: Did you perform the obligatory circumambulation (Tawaf az-Ziyarah), AbuAbdullah?

He said: No, by Allah Apostle of Allah.

He (the Prophet) said: Take off your shirt. He then took it off over his head, and his companion too took his shirt off over his head.

He then asked: And why (this), Apostle of Allah? He replied: On this day you have been allowed to take off ihram when you have thrown the stones at the jamrahs, that is, everything prohibited during the state of ihram is lawful except intercourse with a woman. If the evening comes before you go round this House (the Ka'bah) you will remain in the sacred state (i.e. ihram), just like the state in which you were before you threw stones at the jamrahs, until you perform the circumambulation of it (i.e. the Ka'bah).

Book 10, Number 1995:

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin ; Abdullah Ibn Abbas:

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) postponed the circumambulation on the day of sacrifice till the night.

Book 10, Number 1996:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) did not walk quickly (ramal) in the seven rounds of the last circumambulation (Tawaf al-Ifadah).

Book 10, Number 1999:

Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab:

Al-Harith ibn Abdullah ibn Aws said: I came to Umar ibn al-Khattab and asked him about a woman who has performed the (obligatory) circumambulation on the day of sacrifice, and then she menstruates. He said: She must perform the last circumambulation of the House (the Ka'bah). Al-Harith said: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) told me the same thing. Umar said: May your hands fall down! You asked me about a thing that you had asked the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) so that I might oppose him.

Book 10, Number 2000:

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:

I put on ihram for umrah at at-Tan'im and I entered (Mecca) and performed my umrah as an atonement. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) waited for me at al-Abtah till I finished it. He commanded the people to depart. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) came to the House (the Ka'bah), went round it and went out (i.e. left for Medina).

Book 10, Number 2002:

Narrated AbdurRahman ibn Tariq:

AbdurRahman reported on the authority of his mother: When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) passed any place from the house of Ya'la,--the narrator Ubaydullah forgot its name--he faced the House (the Ka'bah) and supplicated.

Book 10, Number 2011:

Narrated Al-Muttalib ibn AbuWida'ah:

Al-Muttalib saw that the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) was praying at the place adjacent to the gate of Banu Sahm and the people were passing before him, and there was no covering (sutrah) between them. The narrator Sufyan said: There was no covering between him and the Ka'bah.

Book 10, Number 2014:

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:

I said: Apostle of Allah, should we not build a house or a building which shades you from the sun? He replied: No, it is a place for the one who reaches there earlier.

Book 10, Number 2015:

Narrated Ya'la ibn Umayyah:

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Hoarding up food (to sell it at a high price) in the sacred territory is a deviation (from right to wrong).

Book 10, Number 2023:

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:

I liked to enter the House (the Ka'bah) and pray therein. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) caught me by hand and admitted me to al-Hijr. He then said: Pray in al-Hijr when you intend to enter the House (the Ka'bah), for it is a part of the House (the Ka'bah). Your people shortened it when they built the Ka'bah, and they took it out of the House.

Book 10, Number 2024:

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) went out from me, while he was happy, but he returned to me while he was sad. He said: I entered the Ka'bah, I know beforehand about my affair what I have come to know later I would not have entered it. I am afraid I have put my community to hardship.

Book 10, Number 2025:

Narrated Uthman (ibn Talhah al-Hajabi):

Al-Aslamiyyah said: I said to Uthman ibn Talhah al-Hajabi): What did the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) say to you when he called you? He said: (The Prophet said:) I forgot to order you to cover the two horns (of the lamb), for it is not advisable that there should be anything in the House (the Ka'bah) which diverts the attention of the man at prayer. Ibn as-Sarh said: The name of my maternal uncle is Musafi' ibn Shaybah.

Book 10, Number 2027:

Narrated Az-Zubayr:

When we came along with the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) from Liyyah and we were beside the lote tree, the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) stopped at the end of al-Qarn al-Aswad opposite to it. He then looked at Nakhb or at its valley. He stopped and all the people stopped. He then said: The game of Wajj and its thorny trees are unlawful made unlawful for Allah. This was before he alighted at at-Ta'if and its fortress for Thaqif.

Book 10, Number 2030:

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib:

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Its (Medina's) fresh grass is not to be cut, its game is not to be driven away, and things dropped in it are to be picked up by one who publicly announces it, and it is not permissible for any man to carry weapons in it for fighting, and it is not advisable that its trees are cut except what a man cuts for the fodder of his camel.

Book 10, Number 2032:

Narrated Sa'd ibn AbuWaqqas:

Sulayman ibn AbuAbdullah said: I saw Sa'd ibn AbuWaqqas seized a man hunting in the sacred territory of Medina which the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) had declared to be sacred. He took away his clothes from him. His patrons came to him and spoke to him about it, but he replied: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) declared this territory to be sacred, saying: If anyone catches someone hunting in it he should take away from him his clothes. So I shall not return to you a provision which the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) has given me, but if you wish I shall pay you its price.

Book 10, Number 2034:

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The leaves should not be beaten off and the trees should not be cut in the protected land of the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him), but the leaves can be beaten off softly.

Book 10, Number 2036:

Narrated AbuHurayrah:

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If any one of you greets me, Allah returns my soul to me and I respond to the greeting.

Book 10, Number 2037:

Narrated AbuHurayrah:

The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Do not make your houses graves, and do not make my grave a place of festivity. But invoke blessings on me, for your blessings reach me wherever you may be.

Book 10, Number 2038:

Narrated Talhah ibn Ubaydullah:

Rabi'ah ibn al-Hudayr said: I did not hear Talhah ibn Ubaydullah narrating any tradition from the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) except one tradition. I (Rabi'ah ibn AbuAbdurRahman) asked: What is that? He said: We went out along with the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) who was going to visit the graves of the martyrs. When we ascended Harrah Waqim, and then descended from it, we found there some graves at the turning of the valley. We asked: Apostle of Allah, are these the graves of our brethren? He replied: Graves of our companions. When we came to the graves of martyrs, he said: These are the graves of our brethren.

Book 10, Number 2040:

Narrated Malik:

One should not exceed al-Mu'arras when one returns to Medina until one prays there as much as one wishes, for I have been informed that the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) halted there at night.